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Monthly Archives: April 2006
Mayday, Mayday
Addressing a meeting of members from over 20 student groups, leaders of Harvard’s Fuerza Latina and Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) called for a campus-wide walkout on May 1 to protest federal legislation they say is anti-immigration. After receiving a … Continue reading
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State of Maine Sues Blogger for $1.5M
A coastal Maine blogger who criticized the state’s tourism office has been hit with a lawsuit seeking potentially more than $1 million in damages for allegedly making false statements and posting on his website, Maine Web Report, images from proposed … Continue reading
iCin
Camcorder accessory manufacturer Bella has just announced a new device that will let you toss those MiniDV cassettes straight out of your bag and replace them with your iPod or nearly any other USB 2.0-compliant storage system. The Catapult, as … Continue reading
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Ortografia Por Favor
Any Scrabble aficionados will enjoy Brian McGrory’s column in today’s Boston Globe. Note: the Dowbrigade would be National Scrabble Champ if not for a congenital inability to spell… For kicks, he overturned seven random letters in front of him — … Continue reading
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US Defense Costs Less Than Xmas Decorations
WASHINGTON — Americans spent as much on ”plastic Santa Clauses and tinsel" and other holiday niceties last Christmas season as they do on the US military for a year, the Army’s top general said yesterday. Responding to complaints about defense … Continue reading
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60 Billion Senders Can’t Be Wrong
BERLIN, April 25 – Internet users around the world send an estimated 60 billion emails every day and many of these are spam or scam attempts, business leaders said on Tuesday. from Reuters That works out to just over 10 … Continue reading
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Antidote to $5.00 Water
The Beerbelly – a secret strap-on beer holder that disguises itself as a bulging beer belly – is being marketed in the US. It was the brainchild of three middle-aged men who wanted a way of sneaking beer into movies … Continue reading
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Careful with that nailgun, Eugene
US doctors found 12 nails stuck in the skull of a man who came in complaining of a headache. Medics believe the man fired the two-inch nails into his head himself in a bizarre suicide bid – but somehow survived. … Continue reading
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Next Year in Guantanamo
SOMERVILLE — It’s a quiet night at The Thirsty Scholar, an Irish pub and dating bar on Beacon Street. A handful of bored-looking guys sit at the bar, watching a hockey game on the TV, and a few couples and … Continue reading
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What’s In a Name
Dave got called a “notorious curmudgeon” by Fortune magazine. And he was upset! Personally, we will know we have “made” it when we are called EITHER notorious OR curmudgeon by Fortune. Congratulations, Dave.
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Bum Rap – The Price of Fame
Unflattering pictures of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a British newspaper have sparked a backlash from the German government and media. The Sun printed photos of Mrs Merkel on holiday taken from behind while changing into her bathing suit. A … Continue reading
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Fetus Eating Sect in South China
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages are known for xeno-philiac eccentricity and bizarre, unstable behavior, but this is mostly due to the weird and exotic locals in which we often end up plying our trade. Be that as … Continue reading
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